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Erou
Overview
Maya Phillips' stunning debut collection Erou borrows the framework of the traditional Greek epic to interrogate the inner workings of a present-day nuclear family and the role of a patriarch whose life, marriage, and death are imagined as a sort of hero's journey. Her poems move seamlessly between the worlds of the living and the dead, between myth and reality in a journey that raises its own Homeric question: What is home and how do we locate our place within that home? These are poems of passion and compassion in their reconciliation with what cannot be changed--but can be understood--by those who have been left behind.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781945588389
- ISBN-10: 1945588381
- Publisher: Four Way Books
- Publish Date: September 2019
- Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.45 pounds
- Page Count: 124
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